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Bad Game Hall of Fame @bghof.com · 13h

'Duke Nukem 3D' on the Sega Mega Drive released on this day in 1998.

Tec Toy's "conversion" of Duke 3D to the Mega Drive is nothing short of a technical marvel. Unfortunately; it is also frustratingly clunky, notoriously difficult, and challenging to even visually parse.

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Hirst’s BleedingCart @bleedingcart.bsky.social · 12h

Anywhere that hosts creative work should identify and reject generative AI like this. Good job!

OverClocked ReMix (We ♥ video game music!) 🎮🎵 @ocremix.org · 17h

25 years in, we are NOT allowing genAI music onto OC ReMix, full stop.

We're 100% against genAI music and are a community geared toward authentic creativity and artistic development. You don't get that by doing text prompts.

ocremix.org/remix/OCR04918
youtube.com/watch?v=fUsg...

Recent comment: "This A.I. music is as fake as 🏈 🦇."

In this case, this is human-made. (3 of our judges panel are also involved as collaborators on it: jnWake, pixelseph, and paradiddlesjosh.)

We explicitly do NOT accept any music made with generative A.I. There are tools out there that help identify genAI music. If music involving genAI is ever unknowingly let on, it will be removed if it's discovered.

We're 100% against genAI music and are a community geared toward authentic creativity and artistic development. You don't get that by doing text prompts.

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Dan Rebellato @danrebellato.bsky.social · 21h

The bold font seems to me vaguely threatening.

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Dan Douglas @dandouglas.bsky.social · 13h

lol very keen to play that port someday, it’s fascinating!

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meliss-AAAH! @mel.bzky.team · 17h

good afternoon

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Dan Douglas @dandouglas.bsky.social · 19h

[tentatively moving to unhook her bra] hey chatGPT what’s the slickest way to unhook a bra

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spooky mental haunted house @jesseltaylor.bsky.social · 19h

Ice-T: "the kids call it getting Rowlinged"

Joshua "The Crypt" Keep(er) @jekeep.bsky.social · 21h

The far-right mouthpiece who told young men to clean up their place while in front of his very clearly messy home, now has contracted an illness from all the mold in his home.

If you wrote such a fascist character in a story it would be deemed a silly caricature.

Jordan Peterson diagnosed with chronic condition after exposure to mold

Peterson's daughter said her father has a "genetic predisposition that causes the immune system to have an inability to identify and detoxify mold."

www.newsweek.com

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Majd🍉 @majd-in-gaza.bsky.social · 10d

@mommunism.bsky.social

Hello, my name is Majd. I am 23 years old. I live in a tent that does not have the basic necessities of life. I ask with love that you stand by my family so that I can complete my education.

If you are interested, read my story and support me via GFM.♥️

gofund.me/c50986c10

Donate to Urgent Appeal from Gaza - Help Majd and her Family, organized by Marina Reilly

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Dan Douglas @dandouglas.bsky.social · 23h

Favourite emoji 🙃

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Andrew Male @andrewmale.bsky.social · 23h

Favourite emoji 😐

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Slurmsadako MacKenzie @slurmsmackenzie.bsky.social · 1d

GenAI truly was the worst technology to come along at this moment.

An energy and water guzzler when we most urgently need to take climate action.

A disinformation machine as our journalism fails.

A bias machine as fascism takes root.

A job killer in a cost of living crisis.

Bria "tries to write a book" Horses @thevoidencore.bsky.social · 6d

The "cognitive decline and brain damage from repeat COVID infections" and "easy to use robot that makes slop and melts your critical thinking skills" is a hell of a combo in a post-fact media ecosystem

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C. Buckthorn @cbuckthorn.bsky.social · 1d

This is amazing. I laughed out loud www.theguardian.com/lifeandstyle...

As 32-year-old Rich points out, though, "it's not like using ChatGPT guarantees success".
When he met someone in a bar one Friday night and swapped social media handles, he asked AI what his next move should be.
ChatGPT discerned that sending an initial message on Monday midmorning would set the right pace. "Then it gave me some options for what the message could be," says Rich.
"Keep it light, warm, and low-stakes so it reads as genuine interest without urgency," the bot advised. "Something like: Hey Sarah, still laughing about [tiny shared moment/reference if you've got one] - good to meet you!" Rich went back and forth with ChatGPT until he felt they'd hit upon exactly the right message ("Hey Sarah, it was lovely to meet you") but sadly she never replied, he says. "It's been two weeks now."

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Dan Douglas @dandouglas.bsky.social · 1d

give him infinite money to make it go away seems to be the precedent!

What can the King do about Prince Andrew scandals?

What sanctions could King Charles apply to Prince Andrew after the latest claims about links to Epstein?

www.bbc.co.uk

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gugalanna daddy issues @ninazu.bsky.social · 1d

The good ol’ £200-a-year hope-I-don’t-die tax

Jason Hazeley @jasonhazeley.bsky.social · 2d

It’s dispiriting that this is what getting a COVID vaccination now looks like to this chronic asthmatic.

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Alex Degen (Magic Serple 2025) @adactivity.bsky.social · 1d

It’s all happening on x dot com where I do my banking

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Dan Douglas @dandouglas.bsky.social · 1d

I’m so sorry, sending love to you and your family x

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Kathryn Salamander @transsalamander.bsky.social · 1d

Jenny Nicholson tweet continues to not miss

@JennyENicholson

How come major film studios keep being like Jared Leto may have allegations, but at least he looks weird, stars in box office bombs, and is not a good actor

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josh (oldfriend99) @oldfriend99.bsky.social · 1d

Skeletons shouldn't play each other as instruments

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Dan Douglas @dandouglas.bsky.social · 1d

I’ve deleted it, appreciate your comments

Dan Douglas @dandouglas.bsky.social · 1d

overwhelming consensus was leave it up for context but it’s also been suggested i’m normalising racism & i don’t need the possibility of that on my conscience, so I’ve deleted – for clarity here’s a screenshot of my original post, which i would not have posted had i been aware of this guy’s history

a screenshot of a post by bluesky user @dandouglas sharing a BBC News article headlined “Barnsley man in hospital after three-day cola bottles binge”, Dan’s comment says “every line of this story keeps getting better”. The subject of the article, Nathan Rimmington, is pictured in the thumbnail

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Dan Douglas @dandouglas.bsky.social · 1d

my #1 favourite album and it’s held that spot from the moment it bedded in, channeling something I doubt I’ll ever be able to define but I know in my heart is vital

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Dan Douglas @dandouglas.bsky.social · 1d

fully appreciate I may have made a bad call here but the overwhelming consensus of those who replied was to leave it up for context so I took that advice

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Jae H @considermycat.bsky.social · 2d

So… smartphones for teenagers are going to be *banned* in schools, but *mandatory* everywhere else. Got it. www.bbc.com/news/article...

Government to consult on digital IDs for 13-year-olds

There has been a backlash to the announcement a UK-wide digital ID scheme will be introduced by 2029.

www.bbc.com

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trasgernder @gemma.transwrites.world · 1d

literally can't even make a silly thread about some guy eating too much HARIBO without it becoming a national scandal because our state broadcaster decided not to include the fact this man is a racist media figure as if that's just no big deal.

trasgernder @gemma.transwrites.world · 1d

edit: turns out the guy in the story is a nasty horrible racist prick. Naturally the BBC did not feel this was important to disclose. But it absolutely is, he is not just "some guy" he's a racist media figure.

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‘Go Back to Where You Came From’: A flawed reality show that shines a light on racism and immigration

Channel 4 takes six Britons with intense and controversial viewpoints to places like Somalia, Syria, Lebanon, and Kenya to experience first-hand the tragedy of displaced people

english.elpais.com

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Andrew Lawrence @ndrew.bsky.social · 1d

every single tech idea is like “soon our robots will be capable of playing catch with your kid, freeing you up to spend more time working on your employers’ spreadsheets”

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registered hyperclam 2 🏳️‍🌈 @mootzilla.bsky.social · 1d

oops! he's a racist

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